Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-01-06

old family 9uarnal.
January O. 1857.
The B. & o. has new Express wagon.
Nj Albert Diehl purchased fine piano
Of Messrs. Kuabe & Co.
Read VIM. Kahn x Cos new advertise
ment. They certainly mean business.
We thank Mr.. David Howell for large
sized and pretty Underwriters Agency Cal
sudar.
Washington & Alexander will please ac-
eept our thanks for several handsome Cal
endars.
A barrel of Roller Flour will be given
away on the 18th of February at Eby's
grocery.
We return thanks to Mr.. B. F. Lessen
ring. Insurance Agent, for several useful
Calendars
The Chamberlain property near Middle
way was damaged by fire recently. Deiec-
tive chimney or fire place.
Mr.. Gustav Brown has just had compile
ted an ice house, the capacity of which Is
- loads. and he has filled it with beauil-
ful quality of ice.
"Vinton." the fine residence of f. j..
Manning. near town, was endangered on
Wednesday morning of last week, by the
mantel taking fire from a fireplace heater.
Mr.. John W. Dobson of this place died
i'm stanton on Saturday Ia {. For some
time past he has been making his home
there with his daughter, Mrs. Peace lie
was 65 wears Of age.
Messrs. :. ID. Hirschman 4 Co, as Is
customary with them, remembered us kind
" on Christmas Day-gave us as token OF
their regard pair Of very handsome sus-
penders TO brace us up.
And Mr.. F. b. Souders presented us with
bottle of highly recommended old whis-
key to-to-brace us up, too-that is If the
spirits should ever get down.
We acknowledge from the Committee an
invitation to attend on the 5th instant the
State House Ball and Banquet in commem-
grafton Of the opening of the lately COM
pleted Capitol building at Charleston.
Under the auspices of the Episcopal
Sunday School th-re was a Stereopticon
entertainment given on Friday night last
in the hall Rev Dallas Tucker describ-
ed the views in his usual felicitous manner
Our friend and former towusman, y. IL.
Aisquith. spent some days of Holiday week
here He gave us tangible proof Of his
undying affection for the old town and COM
munity by paving for THE FREE PRESS for
the year 1851 He wants to know what we
are doing.
The Episcopal Mission sunday School
lcolored enjoyed a Christmas tree on New
Years night. Pcndan, from the branches
and twigs were pleasing thing, 70 the pupil
Of every eve and to the eve of every pupil
The school is conducted by white ladies and
gentlemen of Zion Church.
CD. Eby tender, his thanks to Che pub
lie generally for their liberal patronage be-
slowed upon him during the past year and
will give away q barrel of Roller Flour on
the 18th of February next. Every pur-
chaser of twenty-five cents worth of goods
will be entitled TO q ticket 20 the drawing.
Our town clock for several hours on
Thursday maintained a superb reticence.
The occasion Of the taciturnity of the town
time piece as, we learn, "a freeze up. Our
fire laddieS yainly attempted to throw water
over the Court-House weather-yane, and
deuged the clock The boys must be agents
for the Waterbury watch.
Mr. Dolphin Drew, Of Harper's Ferry,
on Tuesday showed Us old John Browns
bullet molds-a unique bic of brass mech
anism,-the same, doubtless, with which
"Ossowatomie' nodded the bullet with
which he killed Hayward, the industrious,
ipoFensiye colored man 20 whose sad end
we have referred couple times.
Col. J.P. A. Eu,lcr, Of Piedmont, Min
eral County. on Christmas Day sent us a
bunch of Pheasants-four rs fat, plump,
pretty birds as we have seen for a long
time. We hardly know which we enjoyed
the mo-t-the Colonel's remembrance Of us
or the birds Accept our thanks and our
wishes for your prosperity and health.
Our friend, Henry DUNN. who was born
cleyer,-who is instinct with good will 70
men and whose disposition i, as sweet as
his confectionery again has our thanks for
splendid fruit cake The absence Of such
customary remembrance of us would, per-
haps. have made us regard the holiday Is